He said: “I was cool while I was sitting in my seat, and then they handed me two awards. One for favorite action movie, and one for favorite film. You all thought this was your favorite film. So I think of Dom and Brian, and I start to think of Paul.”

He continued: "They said to make this short and sweet, so, I will try to make this short and sweet. It was a labor of love, my only message to you is you would be amazed what you can do with love.

"You'd be amazed how powerful a force that is. When we didn't want to come back to filming after the tragedy was too heavy, it was a love of everyone combined that saw through to the end. And now, standing here, with all of you telling me this was your favorite film of the year."